Tremissis - Charlemagne Lucca; bust
Features
| Issuer |
Unified Carolingian Empire
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Charlemagne (Karolus) (768-814)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 773-781 |
| Value | 1 Tremissis (1⁄60) |
| Currency | Pound (751-843) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 1 g |
| Diameter | 18 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 339355 |
| References | Gariel Car# 172 Ernest Gariel. Les Monnaies Royales de France sous la race Carolingienne. Imprimerie Typographique de G. Fischbach, Strasbourg, France (2 volumes). Georges Depeyrot. Le numéraire carolingien (3 volumes).Victor Emmanuel of Savoy; 1914. Corpus Nummorum Italicorum / Volume 5. Lombardia (Milano): Primo tentativo di un Catalogo generale delle monete medievali e moderne coniate in Italia o da Italiani in altri paesi. Carlo Colombo, Rome, Italy. , MIR# 6.91 Numismatica Varesi (publisher). Monete Italiane Regionali. Numismatica Varesi, Pavia, Italy (18 volumes). |
Obverse
Legend around emperor's bust.
Script: Latin
Lettering: D N CARVLVS REX
Translation: Our lord Charles, king.
Reverse
Six rayed star with leafs in angles.
Script: Latin
Lettering: ✠ FLAVIA LUCA
Translation: Lucca.
Mint
Lucca, Italy (650-1843)Comments
The only gold coin to bear a portrait of Charlemagne.
Following Charlemagne's conquest of the Lombardic kingdom in 774 AD a short lived issue of gold Tremisses was struck at a range of mints across northern Italy in his name. These rare coins are all of the same star / cross potent type of the defeated Desiderius except for an extremely rare issue at Lucca that remarkably depicts the King of the Franks on the reverse.
Following Charlemagne's conquest of the Lombardic kingdom in 774 AD a short lived issue of gold Tremisses was struck at a range of mints across northern Italy in his name. These rare coins are all of the same star / cross potent type of the defeated Desiderius except for an extremely rare issue at Lucca that remarkably depicts the King of the Franks on the reverse.
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Numista Rarity index: 100
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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CNG Triton XXIII Lot 1025 
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14 Jan 2020 | XF |
USD 110 000.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. | |||||
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CNG Triton XXVIII Lot 827
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14 Jan 2025 | F |
USD 25 000.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. | |||||
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CGB Live Auction September 2023 Lot 395
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5 Sep 2023 | Unsold | ||
| © CGB | |||||
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